Dunedin City Council has over committed to a stadium. Because of this we lose some sweet, uniting, smaller projects for the city.
The plan for a new 800-seat theatre in Dunedin is rejected in report.
Report – CDC – 17/11/2009 (PDF, 67.2 kb, new window)
Performing Arts in Dunedin – Options for the future
Report – CDC – 17/11/2009 [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Dunedin’
November 14, 2009
From the log books of a twenty-year distress
November 12, 2009
Octagon: When no grand plan exists
UPDATED
Some try to be opportunistic, not in a good way.
### ODT Online Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Car-free Octagon plan hits snag
By David Loughrey
Lower Octagon businesses pushing for the area to be closed to traffic during summer have been told to put more work into their idea if they want it to go ahead.
Read more
And these are [...]
November 11, 2009
Slow news
That said, Syd Adie is to be commended.
### ODT Online Wed, 11 Nov 2009
‘More militant’ call prompts Adie walk-out
By Chris Morris
Syd Adie says calls for the Dunedin Ratepayers and Householders Association to become “more militant” were a personal attack on his leadership style after 20 years’ involvement in the organisation.
Mr Adie said yesterday it was [...]
November 4, 2009
Sustainable Building Symposium – registrations close Friday
SHAC 2009 – Invitation
All welcome
Registrations are open for the Sustainable Habitat Challenge 09 Symposium in Dunedin, 19-21 November.
Hear insights from leading practitioners and learn how SHAC teams rose to their challenge to create “simple, adaptable, efficient, affordable” – that is – more sustainable homes.
Open lectures with sustainable housing visionary Lawrence McIntyre, energy [...]
November 4, 2009
Lonely Planet. Dunedin rave.
Tourism Dunedin chief executive Hamish Saxton has to be very happy!
Lonely Planet issues a Best in Travel book each year with Trends, Destinations, Journeys and Experiences tipped as being the best for the twelve months ahead.
Dunedin came out on top of other New Zealand destinations for 2010…
Top 10 super cycling routes – Otago Peninsula is [...]
November 4, 2009
Buses in Dunedin CBD
UPDATED
### ODT Online Fri, 6 Nov 2009
Electric buses, transfer stations mooted for central city
By David Loughrey
Dunedin’s bus system could be in for some major changes as the focus moves from parking to the public transport system.
Read more
### ODT Online Wed, 4 Nov 2009
DCC considers bus station in Octagon
By Mark Price
Turning the central carriageway of the [...]
November 4, 2009
Councillors! BMX track needed, south
David says @ http://dunedinstadium.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/city-parking-issues-not-abating/#comment-8931
“A BMX track is needed out south. Kids in St Clair have to cycle a 28km return trip through the centre of the city if they want to go to Forrester Park BMX track. Not a particularly appropriate commute for kids on bikes. Otematata has a population of just 200 and they [...]
October 27, 2009
Orokonui Ecosanctuary visitor and education centre
It’s here, it’s green, it’s one more visitor attraction the Dunedin community can delight in.
UPDATED
### ODT Online Tue, 27 Oct 2009
Proud event for ecosanctuary
By Rebecca Fox
It is a moment that has been more than two decades in the making, and for Dr Ralph Allen, Friday’s opening of Orokonui Ecosanctuary’s visitor and education centre will be [...]
October 24, 2009
Dr Rodney Wilson urges DCC to explore special status for Dunedin as a national heritage city
“Pride in the beauty and the buildings endures while enthusiasm for rugby teams rises and falls on the rankings.”
### ODT Online Sat, 24 Oct 2009
Editorial: Astonishing heritage
When senior museum consultant Rodney Wilson was commissioned by the Dunedin City Council to help review management structures at the city’s museums and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, he [...]
October 23, 2009
Weekend ODT looks at The Exchange
UPDATED
Alert from Channel 9:
Barry Stewart says tomorrow’s ODT magazine section looks at The Exchange area and “what they’re doing there”.
Who is ‘they’ we ask. Like Scenic Circle and Dunedin Casino shouldn’t be building a god-awful one-level carpark to replace the former Bank of Australasia and the former Butterworth building in High Street…when good stewards like [...]
October 22, 2009
Dunedin’s ungreen side…
Stuff to ponder from one of Paul’s favourite places:
### The Vancouver Sun October 20, 2009 11:36 PM
Mayor releases plan to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020
By Gerry Bellett
Mayor Gregor Robertson announced an ambitious 10-year plan Tuesday to make Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020. Robertson presented the plan to Gaining Ground-Resilient Cities [...]
October 21, 2009
D Scene – a CBD community board?
### D Scene 21-10-09
Business owners want board (page 5)
By Wilma McCorkindale
Disgruntled inner city business leaders want to form a Central Business District (CBD) community board to represent their views.
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STS to decide election role (page 6)
By Michelle Sutton
Stop The Stadium will next month decide its role in next year’s city council elections, while potential candidates remain [...]
October 20, 2009
Stadium + Heritage? Or… Stadium because of Heritage?
What’s the fit, what is Dunedin really selling? A stadium, or everything else besides that offers a point of difference? Ask the residents who often positively remark on our heritage resources, because it’s ‘home’ and they’re proud of their surroundings. Not only this, private property owners are cumulatively responsible for maintaining the larger part of [...]
October 19, 2009
Cable Car Meeting @Dunedin
The following notice of meeting will enthuse those keen to see the return of cable cars to Dunedin.
This invitation is open to trust members and the interested public.
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14 October 2009
Dear Members
Cable Car Meeting – Dunedin Cable Car Trust
High Street Cable Car Project
Otago Settlers Museum – Wednesday 21 October 2009
START: 5.30PM
As interested attendees of [...]
October 15, 2009
STS postpones general meeting due to own constitution!
As received:
From: sts-bounces@taniwha.com [mailto:sts-bounces@taniwha.com] On Behalf Of Stop the Stadium Announcement list
Sent: Wednesday, 14 October 2009 2:17 p.m.
To: sts mailout
Subject: [sts] POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL MEETING.
Important notice to all STS members.
POSTPONEMENT OF GENERAL MEETING.
The general meeting to have been held this Sunday has been postponed until Sunday, 15th November.
The venue and time remain the same: Pioneer [...]
October 14, 2009
The future for Carisbrook?
From time to time at What if? there’s been talk about Carisbrook’s status and condition, the location, its importance to South Dunedin and the region, its national and international historical significance as a sports facility, and the future potential of the complex and the site – that we’re doubling up facilities by building another rugby [...]
October 14, 2009
The dreadful laughing stock
Leading question: Could an incorporated society get it more wrong under the present leadership?
### ODT Online Wed, 14 Oct 2009
STS changes name to ‘Sort the System’
By David Loughrey
“Sort the System” has been chosen by Stop the Stadium’s committee as the new name for the organisation, part of changes to the constitution members will be asked [...]
September 26, 2009
Parking changes – we hope!
### ODT Online Sat, 26 Sep 2009
Parking U-turns proposed
By David Loughrey
Intense pressure to resolve the city’s parking issues seems set come to a head on Monday, as some Dunedin city councillors plan to push for urgent changes to the new regime. If accepted, some changes would amount to a U-turn.
Read more
The recommendations:
1. Parking in [...]
September 24, 2009
Labour Weekend – Otago Central Vulcan & Steam Celebrations
Middlemarch 23 – 26 October 2009
All Aboard
On 7 June 1879 Vincent Pyke turned the first sod at Wingatui to commence the building of the Otago Central Railway to Cromwell. Be part of the re-enactment of this historic event.
Celebrate 130 years of history as you step aboard and make the journey inland in a classic Vulcan [...]
September 21, 2009
Dunedin renewables and recyclables
UPDATED
### ODT Online Mon, 21 Sep 2009
DCC man puts focus on renewables
By Sarah Harvey
Major Dunedin buildings such as the town hall, central library, Moana Pool, Regent Theatre and railway station could be heated using renewable woodchip fuel, one of many ideas put forward by Dunedin City Council energy manager Neville Auton at a workshop on [...]
September 16, 2009
D Scene – STS ordered to pay DCC !!
### D Scene 16-9-09
STS ordered to pay $9k (page 7)
Stop The Stadium has been ordered to pay Dunedin City Council $9740 by the High Court. The decision, released yesterday, dismissed STS’s application for costs and upheld costs sought by DCC.
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Register to read D Scene online at http://fairfaxmedia.newspaperdirect.com/
Undie issues (page 3)
By Dave Wood, acting editor
The [...]
September 14, 2009
What is the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol?
The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol is a voluntary commitment to specific urban design initiatives by signatory organisations, which include central and local government, the property sector, design professionals, professional institutes and other groups.
The Protocol aims to make our towns and cities more successful by using quality urban design to help them become:
* Competitive places [...]
September 10, 2009
The buses
### ODT Online Thu, 10 Sep 2009
Opinion: Improving a bus service within everyone’s means
Otago Regional councillor Michael Deaker maintains the best strategy for Dunedin’s bus services is for gradual, prudent and practical improvements.
The Otago Daily Times recently queried what constitutes better bus services for Dunedin.
Read more
- Michael Deaker is chairman of the ORC policy and [...]
September 9, 2009
TRAIN DAY = World Car Free Day 22 September
UPDATED
### Channel 9 News September 9, 2009 – 6:56pm
Dunedin City Council is getting in on the act for World Car Free Day on 22 September.
Commuters from Waitati will be able to travel by train on the day, with a return service from Waitati to Dunedin being chartered from Taieri Gorge Railway.
Train tickets are $5 [...]
August 27, 2009
$294.8m investment for Otago region
The National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) announced this morning, provides an investment of $294.8 million for the Otago region over the 2009-2012 period.
In Dunedin it includes:
• work on four-laning the Caversham Highway at the city’s southern entrance is expected to start during the next three years. This section of State Highway (SH) 1 is [...]
